The Ballenberg mills will be working full out.
Mills are an impressive testimony to man’s inventiveness, and represent an important feature of technical development. A Swiss Mills Day is organized every year in order to demonstrate the importance of these cultural assets. The Ballenberg mills will also be in action: the water-driven saw mill from Rafz, Zurich (691) and the two Valais mills from Naters, Valais (1122) and Törbel, Valais (1121).
Click on the coloured numbers to see the details of the buildings.
Ballenberg
Swiss Open-Air Museum
Museumsstrasse 100
CH-3858 Hofstetten bei Brienz
Opening hours
10 April to 2 November 2025
10 am to 5 pm daily
Annual holiday from 20 December 2024 to 5 January 2025